How we live! I am also a ISOC member CAS ============================== *Carlton A Samuels* *Mobile: 876-818-1799Strategy, Process, Governance, Assessment & Turnaround* ============================= ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Domain Name Wire | Domain Name News <donotreply@wordpress.com> Date: Thu, 11 May 2023 at 12:49 Subject: [New post] .Org in 2021: $103M revenue, $62M to ISOC, $16M to Identity Digital To: <carlton.samuels@gmail.com> [image: Site logo image] Andrew Allemann posted: "Let's take a look at PIR's tax return. It's been a couple of years since I last looked at Public Interest Registry's (PIR) tax return. PIR's golden goose is the .org domain name registry, and its primary benefactor is Internet Society (ISOC). Le" Domain Name Wire | Domain Name News <https://domainnamewire.com> .Org in 2021: $103M revenue, $62M to ISOC, $16M to Identity Digital <https://public-api.wordpress.com/bar/?stat=groovemails-events&bin=wpcom_emai...> Andrew Allemann May 11 *Let's take a look at PIR's tax return.* [image: Logo for .org domain, featuring a blue circle with white letters spelling ORG] It's been a couple of years since I last looked <https://domainnamewire.com/2020/12/01/org-in-2019-67-5-million-to-isoc-18-3-...> at Public Interest Registry's (PIR) tax return. PIR's golden goose is the .org domain name registry, and its primary benefactor is Internet Society (ISOC). Let's take a look at the return from tax year 2021 <https://domainnamewire.com/wp-content/PUBLIC-INTEREST-REGISTRY_TAX-RETURN_CL...>, which was filed at the end of 2022: - $103.3 million revenue, up from $95.4 million in 2019. - $62M grant to Internet Society, down from $67.5 million in 2019. - $15.6 million fee to Afilias (now part of Identity Digital) for running the .org back end, down from $18.3 million in 2019. Ethos Capital agreed to acquire <https://domainnamewire.com/2019/11/13/breaking-private-equity-company-acquir...> the non-profit for $1.135 billion in 2019. ICANN nixed the deal <https://domainnamewire.com/2020/05/12/org-registry-sale-officially-terminate...>, and Public Interest Registry remained independent. Identity Digital (formerly Donuts) acquired Afilias <https://domainnamewire.com/2020/12/29/donuts-completes-afilias-acquisition/> at the end of 2020, and then Ethos Capital announced it bought Identity Digital (formerly Donuts) <https://domainnamewire.com/2021/01/22/breaking-ethos-capital-acquires-donuts...> shortly after that. So Ethos got its hands on part of PIR's golden goose, albeit the smaller and less profitable part. Comment <https://public-api.wordpress.com/bar/?stat=groovemails-events&bin=wpcom_emai...> ------------------------------ Unsubscribe <https://public-api.wordpress.com/bar/?stat=groovemails-events&bin=wpcom_emai...> to no longer receive posts from Domain Name Wire | Domain Name News. Change your email settings at manage subscriptions. <https://public-api.wordpress.com/bar/?stat=groovemails-events&bin=wpcom_emai...> Trouble clicking? Copy and paste this URL into your browser: https://domainnamewire.com/2023/05/11/org-in-2021-103m-revenue-62m-to-isoc-1... [image: WordPress.com and Jetpack Logos] Get the Jetpack app to use Reader anywhere, anytime Follow your favorite sites, save posts to read later, and get real-time notifications for likes and comments. [image: Download Jetpack on Google Play] [image: Download Jetpack from the App Store] <https://apps.apple.com/app/apple-store/id1565481562?pt=299112&ct=new-post&mt...> [image: WordPress.com on Twitter] <https://twitter.com/wordpressdotcom> [image: WordPress.com on Facebook] <https://www.facebook.com/WordPresscom> [image: WordPress.com on Instagram] <https://www.instagram.com/wordpressdotcom/> [image: WordPress.com on YouTube] <https://www.youtube.com/c/WordPressdotcom> [image: WordPress.com Logo and Wordmark title=] <https://public-api.wordpress.com/bar/?stat=groovemails-events&bin=wpcom_emai...> Learn how to build your website with our video tutorials on YouTube <https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6nDc7ACvovLwH8kNrcVh_-hyx6z94j54>. Automattic, Inc. - 60 29th St. #343, San Francisco, CA 94110